Do people at your gym do this? Do they take free weights off of the racks, go to a bench some ways away, exercise and then just leave the weights sitting there while they go on somewhere else? Gah, this kills me! People, put your weights back after you finish using them.
The Bally's that I work out at is adequate for my needs. It has a decent selection of weight machines, cardio machines and free weights (though they really could use more than just two sets of all the lower poundage dumbbells. Seriously, how many people are going to use those 70 and 80 pound sets? Hardly anyone. Those 20 to 30 pound sets though get used all the time. So word up Bally's, get more lower poundage dumbells) as well as childcare. I wish it had a pool, a running track and raquet ball courts but I don't need those to have a good workout. What I do need, is for the people who also exercise there to be courteous. Put your dumbbells back! Don't leave weight plates strewn across the floor! And for God's sake, wipe your sweat off the machine when you are done. I can live with loud pseudo-sexualized grunting. I can live with the Bally's house special music (though really, would some classic rock or maybe XRT be so bad once in awhile?). It kills me to spend minutes of my precious time, work out after workout, tracking down an errat 25 pound dumbbell so I can do my bicep curls that someone has left half way across the gym.
Geoff - Great job keeping up with the workouts! I wanted to offer encouragement about the South Beach plan. My hubby & I have had a lot of success while on the Atkins diet... the two are similar in encouraging low carb eating. The carbs we eat are mostly vegetables, and lots of them! The main difference between SB & Atkins is that SB also promotes some low fat eating (as you probably already know). I've heard of a lot of people happy with that approach. I hope you find it very successful for your family. I send you a heartfelt Good Luck!
Thanks for keeping us posted!
Posted by: Cindy | November 07, 2005 at 11:59 PM